Also.Also.Also: Be the Meghan Markle You Wish to See in the World
The weekend’s just around the corner… here are a few links to make the hours fly by a bit more quickly.
Queer as in F*ck You
Inside the Miami Wedding of Soccer Stars Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris
@russian.queer.revolution is the LGBTQI+ art platform you need to know
States Weigh Measures to Stop Transgender Athletes From Competing in Women’s Sports
Michigan LGBTQ bills have failed for decades — but this year could be different
Tracy Young, Madonna’s Fave DJ, Is Breaking the Grammy Glass Ceiling
First LGBTQ-focused charter school could open in Birmingham
Saw This, Thought of You
I love this story so, so much. Let “fuck convention, separate yourself from the toxic people in your life” be your mood for 2020:
And from our own Riese Bernard – Elizabeth Wurtzel: Her Life Was One Long Longing
Also Elizabeth Wurtzel’s Unfinished Work and ‘I Believe in Love’: Elizabeth Wurtzel’s Final Year, In Her Own Words
The first national US observatory to be named after a woman!
Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of Jussie Smollett’s data
🇵🇷 🇦🇺 Saw This, Thought of You: Climate Change is Real 🇦🇺 🇵🇷
After Homes Collapse in Earthquake, Puerto Ricans Ask: Are We Safe?
Why Are So Many Earthquakes Happening in Puerto Rico?
How to Help Puerto Rico Following Its Most Devastating Earthquake in a Century
Over 1 billion animals feared dead in Australian wildfires, experts say
7 things everyone should know about Australia’s wildfire disaster
Lizzo Volunteered At A Food Bank To Help Brushfire Victims While Touring Australia (Relatedly: Fuck Jillian Michaels.)
Political Snacks
Thank God: Ruth Bader Ginsburg declares she’s ‘cancer free’
Women donate to multiple candidates. But men tend to stick to people who look like them.
Inside the secretive Silicon Valley group that has funneled over $20 million to Democrats
Mayor Pete’s Invisible Black Police
Democratic Unity Will Determine Trump’s Fate
NYPD Targets Blacks and Latinos for ‘Jaywalking’ Tickets
Your Body Being Used’: Where Prisoners Who Can’t Vote Fill Voting Districts
Also.Also.Also: Fighting Facebook and Helping Koalas and More Actionable Items for Your Week
feature image courtesy of Mathias Appel
The first few days back at work after an extended holiday break are always exhausting…here are a few links to help get you through the day.
Queer as in F*ck You
Nonprofit ‘Oakland Pride’ Loses Headquarters To Gentrification
Will they leave? Will they stay? A tug of war burdens young LGBTQ people in Columbus
India’s LGBTQ community joins citizenship law protests
How queer DJs are moving beyond stereotypes about LGBT Thailand
Saw This, Thought of You
Men Are Scamming Crisis Hotlines to Masturbate on Calls
Salty Is Fighting Facebook—and Challenging Our Ideas about Censorship
What is private equity, and why is it killing everything you love?
Earthquake Hits Puerto Rico And Collapses Punta Ventana — A Landmark Coastal Arch
🐨 Saw This, Thought of You: Aussie Edition 🐨
The Latest Updates on the Australian Brushfires
How big are the fires burning in Australia? Interactive map
Paradise lost: residents flee Eden as Australia fires race towards them
‘It’s an Atomic Bomb’: Australia Deploys Military as Fires Spread
How to Help Australian Fire Victims
How to Help Koalas, Evacuees, and Firefighters as Australia’s “Apocalyptic” Fires Worsen
Political Snacks
Julián Castro’s Campaign Was Not for the Fearful
Today I'm proud to endorse @ewarren for president.
Elizabeth and I share a vision of America where everyone counts. An America where people—not the wealthy or well-connected—are put first. I'm proud to join her in the fight for big, structural change. pic.twitter.com/xDvMEKqpF3
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) January 6, 2020
How Biden stopped his Iowa tailspin
Conservative Lawmakers Have a New Trick to Bring Down Roe v. Wade
Deceased GOP Strategist’s Daughter Makes Files Public That Republicans Wanted Sealed
Sunday Funday Was Born For Chani Nicholas’ New Book
Hello we’re here in the future, or I guess the present, how is it really 2020? Last weekend was my 13th birthday party as laser tag and it was exciting because it was boy girl even though the only boys I invited were my cousins (because gay)! And then literally yesterday, I was watching Totally Spies on Youtube and they time-hopped to 2025 and like, that’s SO SOON! Everything is happening too quickly, but I’m not panicking?!
+ As you may already know if you love your cinemá, the MCU will have a trans character soon!
+ Two seperate Autostraddle staff put this in Slack, so please don’t forget, Chani Nicholas wrote a book.
+ Heartwarming, viral coming out stories? Yes, thank you.
+ Here babes, have a Buffy quiz.
+ The LGBTQ history curriculum in Illinois begins this year!!
+The Archive Has Spoken: A rare copy of a 19th century book seen by some as a foundation for gay rights was discovered at Hopkins.
+ Let’s all move to Kentucky! Louisville got a perfect score for LGBTQ support by the HRC for the 5th year in a row.
+ Sam Smith says “Happy New Year! Gay Rights!!”
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6vk8epAWHI/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading
+ Here are the nonbinary babes to keep your fucking 👀on this year!
Okay, I love you all! Let me go feed Alexei so he’ll stop digging his claws into the SKIN ON MY BACK. I hope your first week of the year is filled with the joy of newness, and bright happy thoughts, and space to rid yourself of whatever you need to rid yourself of from 2019. And maybe a good audiobook??? I don’t know! Have fun, you deserve it!
Also.Also.Also: The First Recording of Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera Is Exactly The Energy You Need to Kick Off 2020
Welcome to 2020, everyone. Here are a few links to help you procrastinate on those resolutions for just a little longer.
Queer as in F*ck You
Earliest Known Recording of Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera Found
For trans people, shopping for a wardrobe is all about trial and error
Two spirit couple seeks LGBTQ equality for South Dakota tribes
Trump trend: LGBTQ mentions quietly axed from discrimination guidelines
Ohio LGBTQ nondiscrimination bill has widespread public, business support. Why hasn’t it passed?
Saw This, Thought of You
In launching WNBA, David Stern helped grow women’s basketball
Amazons were long considered a myth. These discoveries show warrior women were real.
Our Shortest, Strongest And Strangest Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend. Here’s When To See Fireballs
Political Snacks
Julián Castro Ends Presidential Campaign
It’s with profound gratitude to all of our supporters that I suspend my campaign for president today.
I’m so proud of everything we’ve accomplished together. I’m going to keep fighting for an America where everyone counts—I hope you’ll join me in that fight. pic.twitter.com/jXQLJa3AdC
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) January 2, 2020
Bernie Sanders raised more than $34.5 million in blowout fourth quarter, campaign says
Legal weed sales begin in Illinois as state pardons more than 11,000 marijuana convictions
Why Pete Buttigieg Enrages the Young Left
Also.Also.Also: Last Link Roundup of Decade! Let’s Party!
Laneia’s taking a well-deserved break and she’s entrusted me with the keys to the kingdom for a little while.
Since this is the last Also.Also.Also of 2019, I wanted to pause for a second and wish you a Happy New Year. I’m not sure where we landed on the queer nickname for the new year — 20Plenty? 20twenT? — but whatever it’s called, we want to spend it with you. However you ring in the new year, be safe, and we’ll see you back here in 2020.
Queer as in F*ck You
Asia’s first LGBT-focused streaming service tackles taboos
Study: Transgender Children Recognize Their Authentic Gender At Early Age, Just Like Other Kids
Activist who raised awareness about transphobia murdered in Toronto
Meet the lesbian chef creating gourmet meals & delivering them to sex workers
The internet made trans people visible. It also left them more vulnerable.
Saw This, Thought of You
Christina Koch breaks record for longest spaceflight by a woman
Mona Eltahawy Would Like You to Fuck Right Off With Your Civility Politics
Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart would like to talk about freezing their eggs
Political Snacks
Rep. John Lewis to undergo treatment for stage 4 pancreatic cancer
Anguish and Anger From the Navy SEALs Who Turned In Edward Gallagher
The Campaign Against ‘Medicare For All’ Is Spending Millions. Progressives Not So Much.
Remember when we had a president that reads?: Barack Obama Shared All His Favorite Books, Movies, and TV Shows From 2019
Relatedly: So Did Barack Obama Watch the Fleabag Episode Where She Masturbates to His Speech?
Sunday Funday is Getting Put to the Test With Crissle and Kid Fury
Feature image via Essence’s YouTube channel
Happy Sunday jimbobs! We’re officially in the middle of the longest/weirdest week of the year: the seven days leading up to January 1st. I’ve been doing yearly reflections and decade reflections, and setting my my Passion Planner for next year, and baking cinnamon rolls and watching War and Peace. A very normal way to spend a week! Time feels endless is a not great, but also not bad way – what do you do during this time of year (especially if you don’t work)??
Here’s some news from this slow-ish news week.
+ Meryl brought fries to the set of Little Women.
+ Here’s some cool queer TV from this year to check out, if you want to binge!
+ Crissle and Kid Fury are put to the test by Essence.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Ohmr7_y1E
+ A queer reading list from LGBTQ-identified authors at PDX Book Festival.
+ And here are some 2020 queer reads to check out!
+ BENT is an immersive LGBTQ dance night at 9:30 Club in DC
+ Liv Hewson brought “real-world” queerness to their recent roles.
Sunday Funday Is Swooning at AD Franch’s Wedding
Happy Sunday buttercups! I haven’t had a full night’s sleep in over a week and I might be losing it! Who knows! Only time will tell how many times you can be awakened at 2:30 only to fall back asleep 2 hours later only to wake up 2 hours later!
Let’s have some news while we think about that.
+ Chika talks on The Read on Fuse about music, community, and more.
+ Lady Astor was the first woman to take a seat in the British Parliament.
+ Cutie gays getting cutie married.
AD Franch, the USWNT goalie, is getting married today and this video of her dancing with her wife from Crystal Dunn's Insta really got me pic.twitter.com/rriloCf06o
— Molly Hensley-Clancy (@mollyhc) December 22, 2019
+ “In honor of the 100-year anniversary of women’s suffrage in the United States, the Santa Cruz County Women’s Commission is commissioning artwork for its 2020 “Be the Voice” art wall exhibit.” The artists are still unselected, so if you’re a Santa Cruz artist, this might be your time to shine.
+ This decade in LGBTQ+ pop culture.
+ Spoilers about some gay canoodling in the new Star Wars
+ I’m sure we’ve mentioned this already, but Dwyane Wade loving his kid is really hecking beautiful.
+ Sunday Funday readers can have little a meme recap of the decade. As a treat.
+ Charlize Theron is “woefully straight” but is working to raise a happy queer kid. We love to see it.
+ Some queer stuff for your house/life that does NOT include rainbows.
+ Here are some upcoming queer debut novels.
+ Why Sam Smith embraces nonbinary identity.
Have a week friends. Let it be exactly the kind of week you need. Happy almost Hanukkah, Merry almost Christmas, happy birthday to my baby brother (who is 26, very not a baby), and happy last full week of the decade. I’m working and going to therapy this week like a scrooge should. Hope your winter holidays are what you need them to be. Love you, mean it.
Sunday Funday Is Kissing Girls In Wedding Commercials
Hey holiday decorations! I’m glad to be here with you talking about good things. Speaking of good things: I found a kitten?! I thought my neighbor had lost one of their cats, and had been playing with/hanging out with this totally adorable baby on my porch hoping they’d come home and I could give them their cat. Turns out, it was a stray. A teeny, tiny, adorable stray. And one day I looked at the weather and saw that the next day, it was supposed to be rainy and cold and so I closed my cats into the bedroom, opened the front door, and sis followed me inside! And now I have a third cat again, which, after losing the first cat I saw being born/my literal baby, is feeling really good.
Tiny baby Maggie, loving indoor cat life.
I still have a final paper to pull out of my ass tonight, but Magnificat (inspired by my girl Mary, Mother of God), or Maggie for short, has really put some pep into my December step. Also, any tips for introducing her to the big kids (older cats) would be appreciated. She seems into it, they…less so.
And now the news!
+ Let’s all watch the Zola commercial with the lesbians getting married, why don’t we?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pVnnGK6BP4
+ BBC1 Radio hired their first non-binary presenter. Exciting!
+ Marlon Bailey talks with WBUR about the growth and new contexts of ball culture.
+ It seems like The L Word: Generation Q is gonna be good. (Spoilers included)
+ Portrait of a Lady on Fire just gets queer desire, you know?
+ Remember Intern Raquel?? She’s designing shirts for Elizabeth Warren that Megan freaking Rapinoe is wearing!!!! Very good and gay!!!
https://twitter.com/raqueldesigns/status/1205663266715901954
+ 12 queer artists whose work makes us pay attention!
+ Revisionist history! Via queer artists! That’s what I’m talking about!!
+ DID YOU KNOW: Tracy Chapman can also be the soundtrack to your depressed Christmas season!
+ Buzzfeed’s got 21 queer TV scenes from the decade that might make your little Grinch heart sing*.
+ Trans people over 50 living their fucking LIVES!! I love that shit.
* According to the newest Grinch movie, the Grinch is just sad and lonely and not actually mean just to be mean, and uh…I cried throughout the whole thing, which is available on Netflix, so maybe if you’re feeling sad in your heart about hating the holidays, watch that.
Okay, I love you so much, I hope your winter is going more like “Wonderful Christmastime” and less like “Winter Song” if you know what I mean. Keep on keeping on, maybe sit outside for a couple of hours and find a kitten! I don’t know your neighborhood, it could happen! Try to smile at least once if you can, definitely cry if that feels good, ask someone you trust to give you a hug, if you need it. We’re gonna make it, I believe in us!
Sunday Funday Made A Double-Womb Gayby
feature image via Anecova
Happy Sunday, my winter wonderqueers! We’re one week into December. We’re drowning in Baby Yoda memes. I’m working three dayjobs, writing jokes about straight weddings and performing in a late night show where everyone gets covered in soup. Now let’s wrap up the week with queer art and science and, of course, KStew’s fashion shorts.
+ British lesbians gave birth to the first “two-womb baby”
Turns out you can harvest eggs from one lesbian, pop them inside another lesbian and cook up a bundle of queer joy. Somebody call 2004 Bette and Tina.
+ KStew wore shorts to the Chanel Metiers d’Art show and made it fashion
+ A gender non-conforming model helped an angry mother understand her child
+ Charli XCX thanked LGBTQ fans at a Russian concert
Charli’s speech about the LGBTQ+ community before singing Shake It tonight in Russia 💖 #CharliTourMoscow pic.twitter.com/T5l9nn3tF2
— CHARLI XCX UPDATES (@FckyeahCharli) November 28, 2019
+ Marvel’s Hero Project honors a 10-year-old transgender girl
+ Crossin’ Borders magazine features work by undocumented queer artists
+ These gorgeous photos celebrate transmasculine people
Jupiter says trans rights. https://t.co/TikKjuim0L
— 🦄🏳️⚧️🦋 Stella, the Final(s) Girl 🦋🏳️⚧️🦄 (@stellas2ndact) November 18, 2019
+ Spiral Theory Test Kitchen turns sustenance into queer art
+ Psychedelics might help queer folks become their fullest selves
Sunday Funday is Celebrating Goth Lesbian Love and Babies
Feature image via Ivy Rebel’s Instagram
Happy Sunday, babes! Did you get to be with people you loved this week? I did not, but that’s fine! I was with my cats and I managed to change my sheets and that’s all I did, but I’m not gonna hate myself any more than I already do, so I’m gonna say the week was fine. I have made it past 30 consecutive days of crying! Did you know you can cry for 30 days! It’s really less of a “when will I ever experience happiness again” feeling now, and more of a “could I turn this into a performance project/book/dissertation???” Being in grad school really ruins your mind! But at least I’m thinking ahead. If you cried for 30 days, what would you do to monetize it?
While you think of that, here’s the news:
+ Billy Dee Williams, veteran of stage and screen came out as gender fluid. At 82!
What haven’t diminished at age 82 are his style, his confidence, and his effortless charm. In a simple tan button-up, with his hair slicked back, Williams continues his analysis of cool: “And you see I say ‘himself’ and ‘herself,’ because I also see myself as feminine as well as masculine. I’m a very soft person. I’m not afraid to show that side of myself.”
+ Goth lesbian brides are now goth lesbian moms
+ Tiffany St. Bunny is turning a former ghost town into the perfect queer photo shoot.
https://twitter.com/GSCatUT/status/1192108679723651076
+ Feminist Saudi film Scales was named best picture the Singapore International Film Festival
+ Zina Bencheikh took on the Moroccan Ministry of Tourism to get more women tour guides.
As a result of Zina’s fight—which involved months of lobbying—the Moroccan Ministry of Tourism began issuing new tour guide licenses in 2018 to women for the first time in a decade.
“We wanted to get as many women to apply as we could, so I encouraged all the women in the office and from my network to apply and even helped them with their paperwork. We had five women pass the test,” Zina added, mentioning it’s a record number of female tour guides in the country. They have since grown to have 13 female leaders in their network.
+ The very slow rise of lesbianism on TV
+ Transgender Thanksgiving was a safe space for the trans and GNC community this year in Houston.
+ Meet Hera Jay Brown, the first out trans woman to win a Rhodes scholarship!!!
+ Even if you hate the holidays, you might love Kacey Musgraves’ new Christmas special on Amazon Prime.
We made it to December, and I’m so fucking proud! Go out there and take on the few days we have left in this precious decade. I can’t wait for 2020 because honestly, what a hell-decade! Just pure and utter “what the fuck?!” energy for ten whole years! But I am so grateful to you, and your readership and your friendship. Go love on yourself this week because you deserve it.
Also.Also.Also: Online Boundaries! Get Some!
This week I’m trying the ‘fake it ’til you make it’ approach!! Gonna see how that works!! I’m so happy right now!
Queer as in F*ck You
The Queer Future of Youtube Lies in Leaving It
Vogue Mexico Makes History With Third-Gender Cover Star
Chika’s “Can’t Explain It” Music Video Is a Heartwarming Queer Love Story with a ’90s Spin
I just want one of these for my desk: The Degenderator Bathroom Signs
Saw This, Thought of You
How to Host Thanksgiving When You Don’t Even Have a Table by Samantha Irby
The Importance of Creating Boundaries Online in the Digital
Political Snacks
What’s Still Missing From The Democratic Primary Debates: Questions About LGBTQ Rights
Under Trump, LGBTQ Progress Is Being Reversed in Plain Sight
Sunday Funday Would Rather Not Choose Between Lena Waithe and Young M.A
Happy Sunday babes! Alexei is hanging out by his water bowl, Anya is sunning on the highest shelf [??] of the cat tree, and I am tired. But you know what, I’m gonna make it! We’re all gonna make it! We have to!!!!!
+ Cincinnati, OH is, according to the HRC, the perfect place for queers in America to live.
+ Ellen Degeneres is these lesbians’ dad now.
+ Over 1,000 people celebrated Pride in New Delhi, India
+ King Princess was queer on SNL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szrdy4TmmFI
+ “There was no stone unturned in my gob!” Emma Thompson says of Meryl Streep’s kissing skills.
+ “Introducing” the astrology queer. I didn’t know that we didn’t already know her!
+ Please join Darcie WIlder in thinking about chihuahuas
+ Over eight minutes of “Would you rather?” with Young M.A and Lena Waithe, bless.
Okay snacks, I love you so much, have a bomb ass week. Think about Lena and Young M.A cheering you on! Think about me cheering you on! Think about the endearing child in Hallmark holiday movies! They believe in you, and the magic of Christmas! Can’t wait to see you next week and do this all over again.
Also.Also.Also: Chick-fil-A Is So Tired of This Shit, Will Stop Supporting Anti-LGBTQ Orgs, Please Clap
Hello good morning to YOU. Question: how will we ever find the jeans that really fit us? Just, how?
Queer as in F*ck You
Chick-fil-A Says They’re Done Donating to Anti-LGBTQ Organizations
omg lol *UPDATE*: Chick-fil-A Backtracks, Won’t Pledge to End Donations to Anti-LGBT Charities
Young M.A Is the First LGBTQ+ Rapper to Cover Out Magazine LOOK AT THESE PICS.
Alabama Company Refuses to Print University’s LGBTQ-Inclusive Magazine
Jasika Nicole is perfect and keeps providing proof of this fact. Here’s the latest:
Only the quiet, brooding butch carpenter with stunning cheekbones can help me restore the town square to its wintry wonderland of Xmas spirit, but a 3 story high heeled-leg lamp with shade isn’t the ONLY thing we end up building together…🎄 ♥️#AQueermasStory
— Jasika Nicole (@TheJasikaNicole) November 17, 2019
How to Explore Your Queerness When You Have a Straight Partner
What Music Means to me as a Queer Desi
Mj Rodriguez Is Newest Face of Olay
🚨 ANTHEM ALERT, YOU GAYS 🚨 WE GOT ANOTHER ANTHEM 🚨 ‘Lesbian Jesus’ Hayley Kiyoko Has a New Queer Anthem
How Hannah Hart Taught Me to Throw a Dinner Party & Embrace My Queerness
It’s Not A Phase: Bisexual People Know Exactly Who They Are
YIKES just get yourself entirely fucked up on this one!!! Double Trouble: “You should know who the algorithms think you are.”
An Interview with Rachel Rabbit White
Saw This, Thought of You
These cashews: The Best Nuts at Trader Joe’s Are the Thai Lime and Chili Cashews bye.
The Unmistakable Black Roots of ‘Sesame Street’
I need you to know that Rachel is the one who shared this: Small Price to Pay for Salvation: Russian Man Loses Bonus Miles After Sneaking His Fat Cat on Flight.
Political Snacks
Sunday Funday is on Team Trans
Hey cool kids! How the hell are ya? Happy middle of Transgender Awareness Week! I hope you’re well, your crops are thriving, and your pets are eating like they should. It was finally cold in Austin, like COLD, which meant that I spent almost three full days not leaving the house on purpose. It was great. I also got into a fight with someone after therapy this week which was NOT great. People should not be allowed to talk to me after therapy! Leave me and my swirling thoughts alone! Any tips on becoming a hermit?? I’ll take them.
+ Gay clubs walked so queer dance nights could run.
+ Let’s have a kiki! For the youth!!
+ Nonbinary looks for your Sunday afternoon.
+ Oh joy! Jenny Owen Youngs has got some new music y’all!
+ More nonbinary IDs! Now in Massachusetts!
+ We covered it here folks, Atypical star Brigette Lundy-Paine is nonbinary!
+ Xoai Pham on rediscovering what being a trans woman means to her.
+ Health advocates are ensuring the most marginalized trans folks get care.
The Mahogany Project and Save Our Sisters, two Houston-based organizations, have founded Black Trans Empowerment Week to “not only to memorialize those who have been tragically taken, but to charge forward into the empowered future they envision for all transgender people.”
+ Lesbian Jesus says, “come get y’alls juice”
+ She-Ra will break your heart lol
That’s all I got today, I hope it brought you some joy! I’m gonna think about finals obsessively for the next few days, hopefully finish them, and also NOT ruminate on how I ruin my face to face relationships with my behavior! I am gonna take some time to myself though, maybe clean the house, maybe just cuddle with the cats. I hope you get some time to yourself too, Mercury Rx is over in THREE DAYS. We can make it! Love you, mean it
Also.Also.Also: Lena Waithe and Robyn Crawford Had a Very Nice Chat and Other Stories From Your Week
feature image by Allie Holloway for O Magazine
Good morning please don’t talk to me about that car commercial I do not want to talk about it!
Vice being super contrarian out here, but not contrarian enough to not write about it. I’M JUST SAYING.
Queer as in F*ck You
Robyn Crawford Opens up to Lena Waithe About Her Relationship With Whitney Houston
Megan Rapinoe Won a Woman of the Year Award. She Thanked Colin Kaepernick.
What Happens to Queer People Who Don’t Have a Chosen Family?
‘I Was Out of There’: Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris Open Up About Playing for Homophobic NWSL Owner
Bethlehem Dunkin’ Stood by Customers Who Bullied Transgender Worker, Suit Says
The 23 Best LGBTQ Books of 2019 according to O magazine. Also, please note that it took me about 12 minutes to figure out that this is a slideshow and not an article, so just click the arrow on the graphic, which is like, nearly impossible to see. Ok cool good talk. Good talk/bad design. Ok cool.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Movies, Ranked Worst to Best. This is an offshoot of 90s queer culture so don’t worry about it bye.
9 Photographers Flipping the Script on Trans and Non-Binary Representation
How Florida legally terrorized gay students:
Support Butch Pal for the Straight Gal why don’t you!!!
Saw This, Thought of You
Celebrating Native American Heritage Month: Dos and Don’ts
The Line of Fire: “Gun violence, high school football and what coaches are doing to keep their players safe.”
Millennials Have Been Supporting Their Boomer Parents On The DL, Census Data Shows
Modes of Transportation in the Wizard of Oz, Ranked
Political Snacks
Meet Some of the 60,000 LGBTQ Immigrants Impacted by DACA Hearing
The Sexism Is Getting Sneakier
Any Democratic Frontrunner Could Beat Trump if All Unregistered LGBTQ People Voted in 2020
And Finally
Sunday Funday Is U-Hauling With D’Arcy Carden and Abbi Jacobson
Hey cool kids, can I sit with y’all???? I hope you’re well! Yesterday, I hosted a dinner thing with a friend, and someone said the nicest thing to me in gratitude and it took everything I had to not start crying! People who really work to see me for who I am? I don’t know what to do with that. I’m glad it happened, though, I really needed to hear it. Friends matter so much, y’all.
And now, for some cute news from the week.
+ Crissle West has earned her time in the spotlight.
+ Carmen Maria Machado on Star Trek: TNG
+ D’Arcy Carden and Abbi Jacobson are set to star in League of Their Own series on Amazon!?
+ U-Haul knows about U-Hauling!!!!!
We miss you, Nicolette! 🧡 But we understand, when the time is right, we'll be here! 👍 https://t.co/3b4ccISQZ6
— uhaul (@uhaul) November 7, 2019
+ Wow, science has discovered that trans people who want and get gender affirmation surgeries have better mental health in the long-term. What a surprise.
+ Anna Akana of Netflix’s Let it Snow (the film that made famous Jewish film critic Drew Gregory believe in Christmas and love) talks about LGBTQ representation in the film.
“Growing up, I never really saw myself in characters,” Akana says. “I was always like, ‘Oh, I’m trying to identify with the straight white man in this film because that’s all there is.’ But it’s really great to see something not only portrayed so diverse, but also inclusive romantically, so I hope people are able to take away some form of themselves in it.”
+ An interview with Stevie Boebi, a queer Youtube sex educator.
+ The Personals app (rebranded as Lex) is making waves in the queer dating scene.
+ Meryl Streep is finally getting the chance she deserves: to be Co-Chair of the 2020 Met Gala
+ Witchfest is making witchcraft radical and political for some
+ More witch news! Lindy West is reclaiming the witch hunt: “Sure, if you insist…I’m a witch, and I’m hunting you.”
That’s all I got today pals. What good things did you observe last week? What good things are you gonna look for next week? Maybe, instead of crying because it’s dark at 5 pm (me), we can like…take this as an opportunity to see more stars, or honestly, even to go to bed early! OR take a bath, because it’s cold! You deserve all the good things. All of them. Love you so much, see you again next week.
All Sunday Funday Wants For Christmas Is More Queer Terminator Movies
Hey little pinto beans, how are you? I am feeling so, so grateful for the folks I have in my life. My therapist and I (yeah, this just might become the “my therapist” section, it’s gonna be okay) were talking about how easy it is to ignore the plethora of good in your life and focus on the one thing that isn’t going well and how active gratitude might be the key to changing that habit. So y’all, I’m grateful for you! I’m grateful that you read my little ramblings here each week, I’m grateful I can find at least 10 good things each week to share with you, I’m grateful we have this cutie pie site to be with one another.
I know I’m not supposed to be sappy until the end, so let’s do the new before I start blubbering on y’all.
+ Actor/Writer/Wholesome Boi™ Brittani Nichols has released a pair of sneakers?! Cool Christmas present for your fresh foot loving pals, perhaps?
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4VXc7gpBiZ/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
+ Remember when Olivia Wilde was angry at Delta for deleting the sex scenes from Booksmart? Well gaydies, you can now see lesbians lesbian on your next Delta flight over 90 minutes. Congrats comrades, we did it.
+ Blanche, a major Pokémon Go character is nonbinary!
+ Philadelphia’s mayor has signed three new bills protecting trans folks.
“The bills are a testament to the city’s continued commitment to centering the experience and safety of transgender, and gender non-conforming people,” Kenney said at the bill signing, according to KYW News Radio. “While we are proud of these achievements, we know there is much more we must build on and accomplish, and we are dedicated to meeting that challenge.”
+ Here are 15 podcasts for women, according to O Magazine.
+ Folsom Europe: Kink and Classical Music in Berlin
+ Spelman College has been gifted $2M to endow a chair in queer studies, the first ever for an HBCU.
+ Dickinson premiered on Apple TV+ and some people like it some people don’t.
+ Mariah Carey is ready for her Christmas royalties, this year premiering a brand new video to her hit song with unreleased footage?!
+ Terminator: Dark Fate is the gayest Terminator yet.
+ Olive Morris was a Black British women’s activist whose life is overlooked no more.
Alright little beans, I hope you have the best week you can have. I hope you don’t have to talk to Deborah at the water cooler, I hope you don’t have to hear from the white guy who takes up 40 minutes of class discussion each week with “I’m just playing devil’s advocate here…”, I hope you get hugs. Did you know we need 8 hugs a day just for maintenance??? Consider this one of your eight. I love you and I’ll see you soon!!!
Sunday Funday Knows Young M.A’s Bodega Order
Hey homies, my whole body hurts because I decided to start running again, because my therapist was like “what if you move your body FIRST thing so you can get he anxious energy out before you work??” And like…a concept! Therapists! They are so helpful and good. I hope my therapist is having a good Sunday. Anyway, my body hurts because running is actually awful but in a weird way I kinda like it so here we are.
And here’s Wonderwall. Or the news…unless?
+ Okay let’s just start here: Young M.A was on The Read on Fuse and she moved real close to Crissle when Crissle mentioned eating and said “what you tryna do?” and licked her lips and I personally, fell off my bed.
+ Lesbians and queer women are taking over NOLA for The Weekend Soiree.
The combination of daytime workshops and thoughtful evening social experiences provide a multidimensional experience. Myriad workshops cover topics that impact the multidimensional queer womxn. A sample of the workshops includes “Unpacking Religious Baggage,” “Family Planning Panel,” “Letters to our Masculinity” and “The Feminine of Center Experience.”
+ This cat named Cinderblock is perfect and deserves your love.
+ The fashion industry in Brazil is emerging as a site of LGBTQ+ resistance.
+ King Ester is a new show about a Black trans woman on Issa Rae’s Youtube channel.
+ Taiwan’s first pride after the legalization of same-sex marriage drew a crowd of thousands.
+ Hello, there’s a queer Jewish club night in London called Buttmitzvah.
+ Take a look inside King Princess’ debut album.
+ The Prisoner’s Apothecary is a cool and important project I feel like you’d be super into.
The Prisoner’s Apothecary is a mobile healing unit ( or “Plantbulance”) that transforms the plants from The Solitary Gardens into medicine for communities most deeply impacted by the insidious reach of mass incarceration. The Prisoner’s Apothecary will produce natural medicine, tea, tinctures, steams, and salves. As the medicine is designed by folks who are incarcerated, incarcerated individuals will have a unique opportunity to heal the communities they are often accused of harming.
+ Jane Fonda is perfect.
TIRED: Taylor Swift bringing out different celebrities on each concert of her tour.
WIRED: Jane Fonda bringing different celebrities to get arrested with her every week protesting climate change. https://t.co/DrNMxyASDd
— Jorge Molina (@colormejorge) October 25, 2019
Loving this new season of Grace and Frankie https://t.co/ABD6I1o7k7
— Drew Burnett Gregory (@draw_gregory) October 18, 2019
Okey dokey smokey lokey (my mom used to say that, hey mom), hope y’all have a fruitful week! Stay warm and dry, tell your barista “thank you”, say “good morning” back when someone says it to you (unless they’re an asshole, then don’t), and keep on being your perfect not straight self. I love you, let’s do this!!!
Sunday Funday and Noname are Saging Your Playlists
Happy Sunday dearest readers! The sun is still rising, Anya is sleeping on an open windowsill, Alexei is on the floor with his little feeties in the air, and we are content. I just discovered this show, Rosemary and Thyme, which is a lesbian British crime drama, I think. I mean, the two lady detectives live together and bicker and care about each other and fight crime and don’t have husbands. Lesbians, right?
Anyway, here’s some cute news from the week, I hope you also saw some lesbians!
Fernández belongs to Frente de Todos (Front for All), a leftist political coalition whose most visible face is former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Kirchner, now a senator, is running for vice president to Alberto Fernández; the ticket is expected to defeat unpopular President Mauricio Macri. (None of the Fernándezes are related.)
In Buenos Aires, if Frente de Todos matches the 30 percent support it received in the August primaries, Ofelia Fernández would comfortably win a seat in the legislature.
+ Ghetto Sage is Noname’s new music group, featuring herself, Saba, and Smino.
+ The French National Assembly approves IVF for single women and non-straight folks.
+ “The Daughters” and San Fran’s lesbian history.
+ How working in a women’s prison changed this woman’s feminism.
Working in prison messed up my ideas of what feminism should be. It didn’t invalidate the ideas I had learned and fought for, it just disrupted the clean lines, leaving me with unresolved tensions and fewer opinions. I went into prison thinking that I would be able to use feminism to help empower women, and to reform a system. Instead I met women who taught me about feminism, and saw myself change instead.
+ Why Women Kill is a feminist manifesto.
+ This gym is all about empowering queer and trans folks.
+ A “thank you” to the queer latinx representation on TV by Priscilla Bloom.
+ The Brits said “cluck off” Chick-fil-a and now they’re closing they’re only UK store.
+ Club Scum, NYC’s newest punk and drag club night.
+ Kellogg Company said “gay rights!”
At Kellogg Company, we're ALL TOGETHER taking a stand against bullying, and we're proud to support #SpiritDay. Get your limited edition box of ALL TOGETHER cereal at https://t.co/EB0eb3Z5Ob pic.twitter.com/DrsuHvG9KE
— Kellogg Company (@KelloggCompany) October 17, 2019
+ Hello, yes, have you seen Brittany Howard’s Tiny Desk?
Wow, what a week, you know? And next week has the potential to be just as good! All you gotta do is try a little bit, play a little bit, love on yourself and your pals a little bit. We got this. I believe in us all, and the power of our collective efforts! See you next week so you can tell me just how great you did. Also, show me your Memoji! Is it cute???
Sunday Funday Is Helping Tessa Thompson Teach Brie Larson How to Top
Good morning, happy Sunday beautiful babies! It’s unseasonably cool in Austin and I am relishing in this. I’ve cleaned my house literally from top to bottom (as in, I stood on step stools and cleaned out the AC vents with bleach) and both of my cats are being extra snuggly because I refuse to turn on the heat until the internal temperature reaches 55º (because we’re broke lol). I love it so much. We get so little good here in regards to cool weather, so this weekend has truly been a gift! I feel revived, even if I didn’t do any homework. What did you do to revive yourself this weekend?
+ The long running queer-of-center podcast The Read had its TV premiere on Fuse TV! You can watch the first episode on Youtube.
+ The feminist history of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”
+ Chirlane McCray reveals she used to be a lesbian as she backs an initiative to help LGBTQ youth.
+ Elizabeth Warren’s queer appeal (ALSO DID I MENTION SHE CALLED ME?!?!?)
+ Disney Channel Original Movie Twitches (a CLASSIC) is streaming live for the week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU5bOu_I_IM
+ I’m VERY excited for this new food show on Netflix which, to quote Laneia has, “just one white dude and then THREE ENTIRE WOMEN, TWO OF WHOM ARE WOMEN OF COLOR AND TWO OF WHOM ARE QUEER i’m so happy i’m going to watch this on a loop for a week”
Excited for our new show Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner by @uglydelicious to come out @Netflixfood. Got to hang with @sethrogen, @chrissyteigen, @lenawaithe, and kate mckinnon, exploring new places and trying new foods that I never have before. Watch on @netflix October 23rd. pic.twitter.com/YU6UasBWRy
— david chang (@davidchang) October 9, 2019
+ Young activists of color are leading the climate change fight!
+ Stream Hayley Kiyoko’s newest songs!
+ Check out this regular degular queer like you and I who twerked with Lizzo!!!!!!
https://twitter.com/drsamischalk/status/1182641548279910404?s=21
+ Dua Selah’s newest music video premiere.
+ Brie Larson wants to learn about topping, would you like to help her?
brie larson: how do i top lesbians?
tessa thompson: uh i’m sure the lesbians can show you right after this panel pic.twitter.com/kHXcqBkpYy— my.ka ✵ (@beyoncesverse) October 12, 2019
Have a great week, beautiful unicorns. I think you’re just hecking swell and I hope that you are able to receive that this week. Love you to pieces, go dance on a cutie this week, you deserve it.